Some Lesser Known Facts About Hugh Hefner

When he was in high school, he wrote and drew his own comic book called “School Daze.”

He first married his college girlfriend, Mildred Williams in 1949; then to Kimberley Conrad in 1988; and lastly to Crystal Harris in 2012 to whom he loved with all his heart.

Before becoming a successful businessman, he was a copywriter at Esquire Magazine, but he quit his job in 1952.

Surprisingly, Hugh Hefner is the 9th cousin to former president George W. Bush.

Huff holds the Guinness World Record for the longest-serving Editor-in-chief of a magazine.

He donated about $900,000 to save the Hollywood sign from getting destroyed.

He had an IQ level of 152.

A breed of rabbits was named after him- Sylvilagus palustris hefneri.

He had a collection of over thousands of films in his home.

Hugh was a crazy animal lover and his house “The Playboy Mansion” is the one and the only property in Los Angeles, which has a private zoo with a zoo license. Whosoever visits the mansion, relishes watching monkeys, peacocks, marmosets and many exotic birds.

He bought his wife Crystal, a home in the fabulous Hollywood Hills area costing $5 million and 5,900 square feet land and he named the home after her wife’s mother’s maiden name as a proof that it will remain her’s even after his death.

He was always seen in classy silk pyjamas and velvet jackets whenever he used to socialize or was spotted at home by media and he was considered a trendsetter by a fraction of people to live an easy, free and luxurious life.

He died of at the age of 91 due to cardiac arrest, respiratory failure, sepsis and an e.coli infection. To mark this occasion, Playboy Enterprises put out a video to throw some light on all the achievements he had made in his career as an editor-in-chief and publisher of Playboy.